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Stories from St. Joseph’s — Letter from Michael
Posted on October 12, 2011 by admin in St. Joseph's FamilyHospitality continues to be a hallmark of our St. Joseph Family. At 5:30 this morning we bid farewell to a group of 12 missionaries from Lincoln, Nebraska. During their six days in Haiti they made a point of visiting all three of our homes. This was a group that had several optometrists and dentists with [...]
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Stories from St. Joseph’s — The Belinda Project
Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin in Renee Dietrich, St. Joseph's FamilyWings of Hope was a bit less bright when I returned to Haiti on Saturday. That is because two days before, on Thursday, September 15, 2011, we lost Belinda. Her pure joy and larger-than-life smile will no longer grace our daily lives; but we take comfort in the knowledge that she is now smiling down [...]
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Stories from St. Joseph’s — Belinda
Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin in Renee Dietrich, St. Joseph's FamilyWings of Hope has another angel tonight. Belinda passed away this afternoon. She had been struggling with her health for the past few months. We are sad, but know she is now at peace and is brightening heaven with her beautiful smile. It will be a few days before we get a memorial posted, so [...]
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Stories from St. Joseph’s — Gwen Whiteman
Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin in St. Joseph's Family09.29.11 gwen whiteman – beautiful creations; I love a painting I purchased a few years ago, depicting a little Haitian girl receiving a cup of water. It is as fine a painting as you would ever want to see. This painting — and two others by Walnes Cangas – are treasures in my home. Continue [...]
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Stories From St. Joseph’s
Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin in St. Joseph's Family09.29.11 michael g – michael the archangel; Our St. Joseph Family is built upon a rock solid foundation of prayer. The inspiration to begin the St. Joseph Family came in times of prayer. The grace and increased faith to move forward with the original inspiration required more prayer. On Jan. 31st, 1985, as the founding [...]
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Stay Tuned
Posted on July 26, 2010 by admin in Recent ImagesI know the blog has seemed a bit light lately, but I have been diligently working on a Storybook video for Haiti entitled, “Haiti Through My Eyes”. It is nearing it’s completion and I would like to thank, Renee Dietrich, Bill and Jen Foster for their respective contributions.
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Indian Summer
Posted on October 30, 2008 by admin in Recent ImagesFall is a favorite time of year for a lot of us. Growing up in NH I got to see some dramatic fall foliage every year. A couple years ago I was driving around Reidsville and saw this maple tree in the lot of the drivers license office. The sun was shinning through the yellow [...]
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Recycled
Posted on October 21, 2008 by admin in Recent ImagesOne of the things I marveled at while in Haiti was the use of everything. Nothing went to waste. What someone may discard got reused by someone else. The Haitians have recycling down pat, and we as a country could learn from their example. I saw this angel statue and while the work is beautiful, [...]
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Artiste doue’ (Gifted Artist)
Posted on July 1, 2008 by admin in Recent Images, St. Joseph's Home for BoysI have thought long about this article, and all things keep coming back to the story of Job. When we first were preparing to go to Haiti, someone gave us a study guide of Job to bring for the youth. When we returned to the States, we learned one of the youth, Job, had passed [...]
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Waiting in Silence
Posted on May 8, 2008 by admin in Recent ImagesIf I had to pick a picture to rank as number two from our trip, this would be the one. We were at St. Joseph’s and Peter was trying to get me to take a picture of Woodtrod playing soccer. Before I got focused in on Woodtrod, I saw this man in my view finder [...]
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